Day 145: Trick or Treater’s Lollipop Pumpkin

I saw this idea on Pinterest months ago, and made sure to pin it to my Fall board so I would remember this year.  Because Halloween is on a Wednesday night, we will be at church instead of home to greet the annual trick-or-treaters.  The last time that happened, I just left a bowl outside on the porch, but this idea is way cuter.  I am a little nervous, though, because I already put it together, and when I was reading the Martha Stewart page that it linked to, it said to use a foam pumpkin because a regular one is too wet and will make the lollipop sticks soggy.  Oops.  Oh, well, they get what they get 🙂

I just used a mini screw driver to bore holes in the pumpkin and then pushed the lollipops (dum-dum brand) into the holes. Easy! To clarify, those are Jared’s hands in the photos, not mine 🙂  Oh, and I’m happy to inform you that the sucker sticks did NOT get soggy and my pumpkin was almost empty when we got home!